Revolutionary emancipation
Subtitle: slavery and abolitionism in the British West Indies
By: Claudius K. Fergus
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780807149881; 9780807149898; 9780807149904; 9780807149911
Subjects: Slave trade; Slavery; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Explicating the "grand evils" of colonialism; title: Humanity enchained; title: Pragmatizing amelioration and abolition; title: Abolitionism and empire; title: The Haitian Revolution and other emancipation wars; title: From revolution to abolition; title: Imperatives of Creole colonization; title: New-modeling in action; title: The launch of imperial amelioration; title: Constitutional militancy; title: Breaking the chains; title: Conclusion.